Easy Cushioned Keepsake Frame

Hello friends!

I’m Robin, from Redo It Yourself Inspirations, and I’m so excited to be visiting you as Jessi’s guest! My blog is primarily about DIY redo’s and crafts with a lot of repurposing ideas for the home and garden.

Today I’m sharing a quick and easy craft that is great for displaying those special keepsakes.

A cushioned keepsake frame is a quick & easy craft that is great for displaying keepsakes.

Easy Cushioned Keepsake Frame

Here’s what you need for this project:

  • Old frame
  • Glue
  • Cushioning (i.e. quilting poly-fill, cotton balls, etc)
  • Fabric
  • Decorations
  • Straight Pins

This little pewter frame was somewhat dated, but with a slight makeover it became an updated functional piece. (Psst… Christmas is coming. This is a nice gift idea!)

Keepsake frame before

You can try this with any frame, any shape, and any color combination; the steps will be the same.

First remove the glass from the picture frame.

Replace the back onto the frame and trace around the inside of the entire frame onto the cardboard.

trace the back board

This is going to show you where your filling for the cushion must stay.

trace cardboard to place cotton

Then glue on your cushion filling. I used quilting poly-fill. You can use cotton balls, batting, foam, or your choice of material to make a pillowed area inside the frame. Make it as thick as you like as long as it stays within your drawn space.

glued on cotton batting

Using your choice of fabric, cut enough of it to cover all of your back board and filling.

Apply glue around the edges of the cardboard and attach the fabric by pressing it together. (I used hot glue. It’s quick.)

glued on fabric

Then trim off your excess fabric all around the edges of the backboard.

trim off excess fabric

Then you should be able to put the frame back on.

cushioned frame with cotton and cloth

I decided to use up some pearl beads from a broken necklace to decorate the frame. You can use rhinestones, buttons, odds and ends jewelry pieces, letter, numbers… anything that suits your style and frame. I used hot glue to attach the beads throughout the roses on this frame. You can use super glue, wood glue, or what have you to work with your frame material.

glued on beads

I chose a decorative beaded head straight pin with an added bead to use as a hook to hang things on. You can decorate your straight pin with any decor glued on to match your theme.

stick pin with a pearl bead

It’s easy to move the pin as you need to for different items you wish to display. The frame is now very much like a pin cushion.

hang rings

It adjusts easily for any thickness that you need. From thin rings to thick ones.

thick ring can be used on keepsake frame

Here, I stuck a bunny brooch through the cushion.

Easy DIY Keepsake Frame

You can also sew on a ribbon for tying items on. Maybe for baby’s first haircut, rattle or first spoon? A special pendant, college piece of memorabilia or military pins? Larger frames could hold a collection of items like winning prized ribbons. There are so many options!

I hope you like this idea to use as your own and share it with everyone. You’re welcome to follow along with me at Redo It Yourself Inspirations,  and on Facbook, Pinterest, and Twitter! I’d love to have you and perhaps you will be introduced to some useful DIY ideas for your own projects. With winter coming, maybe you’d like to make some Pottery Barn Knock-off sweater pillows. You can find mine “here“. If you are interested to see what I did with my son’s toy guitar, come over “here“.

A very special thank you goes to Jessi for having me over! I enjoyed sharing here and always look forward to more of her wonderful posts.

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If you liked this project, check out these other simple projects!

Jessi Wohlwend

I believe that anyone can do crafts and DIY projects, regardless of skill or experience. I love sharing simple craft ideas, step by step DIY project tutorials, cleaning hacks, and other tips and tricks all with one goal in mind: giving you the tools you need to “do it yourself”, complete fun projects, and make awesome things!

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